Netflix’s A Man on the Inside stars The Good Place‘s Ted Danson as a widower who makes a drastic move to spice up his life. The eight-episode comedy is inspired by The Mole Agent, an Oscar and Spirit Awards nominated documentary from writer/director Maite Alberdi.
Netflix offers this description of the new series, formerly called A Classic Spy: “A widower (Danson), eager to shake up his routine, answers an ad from a private detective to solve a mysterious theft. Posing as a new resident, he goes deep undercover at a senior living community, building heartwarming new friendships and a stronger bond with his daughter along the way.”
Joining Danson are his The Good Place co-stars Jama Williamson, Marc Evan Jackson, and Eugene Cordero. The cast also includes Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Stephanie Beatriz, Lilah Richcreek Estrada, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sally Struthers, and Margaret Avery. John Getz, Susan Ruttan, Lori Tan Chinn, Clyde Kusatsu, Wyatt Yang, Deuce Basco, Lincoln Lambert, and Kerry O’Malley also star.
The Good Place‘s Mike Schur created the series and serves as an executive producer along with Morgan Sackett, David Miner, Marcela Santibañez, Julie Goldman, and Christopher Clements. The documentary’s director, Maite Alberdi, is also involved as an executive producer.
Netflix is targeting a November 2024 premiere date.
A Man on the Inside cast and characters, courtesy of Netflix:
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) plays EMILY, a married mother of three boys who has to adjust when her father Charles (Danson) makes a surprising late-life career move and becomes an undercover detective.
- Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) plays DIDI, the all-seeing, all-knowing managing director of the Pacific View Retirement Residence in San Francisco.
- Lilah Richcreek Estrada (Chicago Med) plays JULIE, a San Francisco-based private investigator, Julie hires Charles to be her mole and pretends to be his daughter to maintain the ruse at the retirement home.
- Two-time Tony nominee Stephen Mckinley Henderson (Fences, Dune) plays CALBERT, a transplant from Washington, D.C., Calbert is the stoic eyes and ears of the Pacific View community.
- Two-time Emmy Award winner Sally Struthers (All In The Family) plays VIRGINIA, the vivacious life of the party, Virginia immediately takes a shine to Charles.
- Eugene Cordero (The Good Place) plays JOEL, Emily’s husband, a supportive and exceedingly competent 10th grade science teacher.
- Academy Award nominee Margaret Avery (The Color Purple) plays FLORENCE Virginia’s sweet best friend, Florence loves poetry and the Golden State Warriors in equal measure.
- John Getz (Transparent) plays ELLIOTT, Pacific View’s resident lothario. Elliott immediately feels threatened by all the attention Charles gets when he moves in.
- Four-time Emmy nominee Susan Ruttan (L.A. Law) plays GLADYS, a glamorous former costume designer from New York, Gladys lives next door to Charles at Pacific View.
- Lori Tan Chinn (Joy Ride) plays SUSAN, the President of the Pacific View resident council, which she rules with an iron fist.
- Clyde Kusatsu (Young Rock) plays GRANT, a Princeton grad at Pacific View, who is deeply concerned with you knowing he is a Princeton grad.
- Marc Evan Jackson (Lessons In Chemistry) plays Evan, the client who hires Julie to investigate the theft of his mother’s necklace.
- Jama Williamson (The Good Place) plays Beatrice, the Pacific View Activities Director, Beatrice has never had a bad day in her life.
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